Automotive electrification company, Equipmake Ltd, revealed its latest version of an innovative electric bus platform – a new low floor chassis designed to make zero emission double deck buses more cost-effective and efficient at Busworld Europe, last month.

VDL Bus & Coach NV at Busworld Europe in Brussels last month announced plans to build a new factory in Roeselare dedicated for producing electric and hybrid electric buses.

Peterbilt Motors Company has delivered the first Peterbilt electric trucks to Frito-Lay.

BorgWarner has developed an innovative torque vectoring system for electric vehicles which enables the use of just one electric motor instead of the traditional two typically found on electric vehicles.

BYD Europe BV launched its next generation 12m city bus at Busworld Europe last month.

Recent delivery of 22 buses from the BYD ADL partnership - BYD Europe BV and Alexander Dennis Ltd - to Go-Ahead London, signals introduction of a shorter 10.2m Enviro200EV.

The importers of Yutong coaches and buses, Pelican Bus & Coach, has sold the first Yutong TCe12 all electric 12m,18t gvw coach to Westway Coach Services Ltd.

The Charging Test Centre of VDL ETS in cooperation with Siemens Smart Infrastructure, is to investigate how vehicle technologies, energy storage and charging systems can best work together.

Albi, France-based Safra, long established renovator of buses, trams, metro and funicular vehicles has been developing rear underslung modular drive units for both hybrid and fuel cell powered Businova buses.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA underlined its major success in alternative fuel segments with displays of its latest Urbino 18 Electric articulated bus, Urbino 12 Hydrogen and 24m bi-articulated Trollino trolleybus.

The eCitaro electric city bus is now operating in several cities across Europe, Till Oberwörder, head of Daimler Buses said at Busworld Europe in Brussels, last month, and confirmed three-digit orders would be fulfilled before the end of 2019.

Richard Crump, managing director of Pelican Bus & Coach, the UK importer for speaking at Bus & Coach 2019 in Birmingham last month said the electric bus product had done extremely well in demonstrations and now believes that more contracts are not too far away.